Jackson Jambalaya

I think I'm gonna puke. Why can't these people go quietly into the night to spend their ill-gotten gains and leave the rest of us in peace?

If Zack is due justice then so be it, don't hate him for being rich as we should not hate him for being poor. No one has followed this more than I and if he gets another day in court I will be following it. It's the sunshine in our justice system that needs to be followed and what better way to see from the outside in than to follow this through the system.

Not to be the contrarian here, but Zachie may have a point as to some of this...Since the Supreme Court vastly reduced the scope of the underlying "honest services fraud" statute, it might be that he was not guilty of "misprision" since there was no underlying felony. Of course, this should leave Zachie beautifully open to the U.S. Attorney's office's prosecution for those counts it initially dropped in exchange for the plea bargain to misprision of a felony. This might be a pyrrhic victory after all. KF, any way that you could get the referenced memorandum of authorities which accompanied this motion?

1:39, how eloquent. Tell that to the companies Daddy Scruggs fleeced with Mikey Moore's blessing.

Wow! Does Zach REALLY want to open this can of worms. One would assume he'd want to keep his head down and count his blessings. Especially considering how quickly ALL of the defendants plead out.

I bet there are quite a few nervous folks out there right now... What's next, court ordered (and sealed)Conway napkins?

Now that I think about it, the oil spill could force fisherman Ed Peters back to Hinds County...

I agree. The Feds only do what they did to Z when they know they will win. His swagger on film tonight was a bit over the top and after he (speaking through his attorneys) pissed off the judge, he appears to think he is untouchable. I would think he would try another line of work, ruffling Federal officers, and trying to reclaim his want of being an attorney at this point only makes him a bigger target for the Feds.

Zach Scruggs is nothing but a punk. If his daddy wasn't Dickie Scruggs, he never would've amounted to anything. He's a punk with one of those faces you want to hit several times over.

12:12AM Bingo, KF. Zack Scruggs without Dada would have trouble getting a job at Burger King cleaning tables. People are sick of the whole darn family of crooks.

KF at 12:12 gives a perfect assessment in my opinion.

Scruggs' ridiculous and gratuitous attacks against Tony Farese are a goddamned disgrace. It is absolutely astounding that he would file a bar complaint against Farese based on these manufactured facts, and then violate confidentiality rules by publicly disclosing the complaint. These bastards truly live in their own world, completely detatched from reality.

Curt, I agreed with you up to point you stated "violate confidentiality rules by publicly disclosing the complaint". It is only through the public line of sight that we get to bring down the "club". You belong. Don't tell me that you think that you are above or below criticism. I personally do not believe you feel that way. If you are just, then so be it, but if you fear exposure of someone who's an idiot, well, that shows weakness. You are smarter than that. The question is, when, OH WHEN, is the Bar going to finally enforce self-enforcement? Bitch here, but go do something at the Bar. They need someone to bring the biggest scam known in America to reality.

KK, I certainly don't think I'm above criticism. And you've probably read enough of my posts to know that lawyers don't impress me much.

The confidentiality rule I referenced was the one keeping the complaint confidential until such time as some official action is taken. I think that's reasonable because it protects a lawyer from public disclosure of baseless, frivolous or defamatory complaints that are summarily dismissed.

If a complaint is reviewed and determined not to be frivolous, well, that's a different story.

The Farese complaint aptly demonstrates this point. I'm willing to bet that complaint gets dismissed with no action being taken against Tony Farese (because it doesn't appear that he did anything wrong). It seems a travesty that the fact of this complaint should be in the public domain, when it is baseless.

I understand what you are saying about exposing the idiots. However, I do not believe that public dissemination of the first informal (and unreviewed) complaint is the way to go about doing that. Too many good guys get hurt in the process.

As far as doing something at the Bar, I'll have to pass. My focus is on making enough money to retire as fast as I can, become an Escambia County Deputy Sheriff, make some DUI arrests, and work on my tan.